“One should always be drunk. That’s all that matters… But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you choose. But get drunk.” ~ Charles Baudelaire
Today I’m getting drunk on color. Most of my excesses and indulgences these days come in the form of beauty, in the intoxication of bright gorgeous hues and strong shades of super-saturated tints. I’ve been that way since birth. When others went for basic blue or red, I wanted deep flaming fuchsia or sizzling chartreuse.
Luckily for my fix, this kind of color has bled into November, when it’s usually gone by now and replaced by browns and grays. This photo was taken from our backyard, where there are still some striking things going on high in the air, such as this afternoon show of leaves as the sun sets them on fire before a perfectly-blue sky.
This is the kind of drunkenness I love best. One can never have enough color. It always leaves me wanting more.
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